People & Gov
Who was the Inca ruler who expanded the empire?
Pachacuti
What were the Aztec floating gardens called?
Chinampas
What term refers to the Islamic cultural world connected by law and trade?
Dar al-Islam
What was the major intellectual center of the Abbasid Caliphate?
The House of Wisdom
What trade made Ghana wealthy?
Gold and salt
What type of government is ruled by religious authority
Theocracy
What record-keeping system used knotted cords in the Inca Empire?
Quipus
What are Islamic religious schools called?
Madrasas
Which caliphate oversaw the Islamic Golden Age?
The Abbasid Caliphate
Who was the Mali ruler famous for his pilgrimage to Mecca?
Mansa Musa
What belief says everything is predetermined and cannot be changed?
Fatalism
What city was the Aztec capital?
Tenochtitlan
What word means giving jobs to relatives?
Nepotism
What astronomer and mathematician made major scientific contributions?
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
What culture along East Africa blended Bantu and Arabic influences?
Swahili
What system required Inca citizens to work for the state?
Tribute system
What allowed the Inca to control their large, mountainous empire?
Their road system
What is the holy book of Islam?
The Qur’an
What was the capital city of the Abbasid Caliphate?
Baghdad
What is Great Zimbabwe known for?
Its massive stone walls (Could be more)
What clan-based social unit organized Aztec labor and tribute?
Calpulli
What geographic region was the Inca Empire centered in?
The Andes Mountains
What is the term for a Muslim community or nation?
Ummah
What major trade routes did the Abbasids sit in the middle of?
Afro-Eurasian trade routes (Silk Roads + Indian Ocean + Mediterranean)
What empire rose after Ghana because it found new gold fields?
Mali